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The extensive and expensive veterinary treatment required to save just one puppy is being used by an animal rescue group to illustrate the challenges it faces in Calgary’s economic downturn. The puppy, a 4-month-old mixed breed, now named Panzer, was found in a rural area of the province by the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society […]

The artist has lent her name to a line of jewelry whose sales will support the Dogs With No Names (DWNN) initiative that provides contraception for canines on reserves to prevent overpopulation and suffering.

The Cathedral of the Redeemer once again opened its doors to furry friends of all kinds for its 20th annual Blessing of the Animals. A horde of dogs and a few cats came through the doors and were prayed for by three leaders from different faith denominations. A pair of police horses were also blessed […]

On March 25, 1885, one year after the Town of Calgary was established, city council passed the following motion: “That the Chief Constable be instructed to procure 100 dog tags and that the collection of the dog tax be on with at once.” Today, Calgary has almost 100,000 licensed dogs living within city limits. Licensing and […]

The Calgary Humane Society is looking for the public’s help in identifying four kittens found abandoned in a sealed box in the city’s southeast. Brad Nichols, senior manager with the society’s cruelty investigations unit, said that while abandoning kittens is not uncommon, he is particularly concerned the kittens were purposely trapped in a closed container. “Unfortunately, […]

A local animal shelter is holding an emergency cat adoption event today after being flooded with homeless felines, to avoid having to close its doors to more new surrenders. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the public can head to the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society or AARCS facility at Bay F, 3851 21 St. N.E., […]

A Calgary cat breeder faces animal cruelty charges after a hoarding incident this spring. Ruth Sogz, 57, was charged with permitting animals to be in distress after 89 Maine Coon cats were seized from a home in West Hillhurst on April 17. “What we saw was a home that was overrun by cats,” said Brad […]

Police are searching for the driver of a van that crashed into a Renfrew home while fleeing officers Thursday morning. Just before 6 a.m., police were called to respond to a possible commercial break-and-enter near 12th Avenue and Edmonton Trail N.E., said Det. Steve Adair.

A Calgary man has been fined $1,500 and banned from owning any animals for 10 years after admitting he allowed a chain collar on his dog to become so tight over several weeks it embedded itself in the dog’s neck. Provincial court Judge Sean Dunnigan handed out the fine to Richard Sundin on Friday after hearing submissions from Crown prosecutor Rosalind Greenwood and defence lawyer Jason Ford about his treatment of his dog, Dodge.

This Oct. 31 is winding up to be a scary day for Dawn Hanson and about 100 of her feline friends — and not just because Halloween is notoriously dangerous for cats. Rather, Hanson is frightened because she must move out of the donated space where she has run her shelter for the past two years, and she has nowhere to place her beloved cats.

Two people were sent to hospital, one in serious condition, after a pickup truck and a car collided south of Calgary on Wednesday night. Okotoks RCMP, fire crews and EMS were called to the intersection of Highway 2A and Dunbow Road at around 9:15 p.m.

Two people were injured and two dogs were killed after a truck belonging to a Saskatchewan animal rescue foundation was involved collision on the highway near Olds on Saturday. A truck and trailer was bringing 30 dogs from a high-kill shelter in Los Angeles to the Adopt a Paw Pet Haven when the collision occurred, said a co-ordinator with another rescue organization.

A bail hearing for a young Calgary man accused of taping the muzzles of a cat and dog, then leaving them to die in an alley, is set for Friday afternoon. Nicolino Ivano Camardi was charged with two counts of wilfully causing pain, suffering or injury to an animal after a Siberian husky and a domestic short-haired cat were found on separate occasions in January.

When Sully meets a new friend, he playfully flops onto his back and begs for a scratch on the belly, his tail wagging with gratitude. But when the seven-year-old yellow lab is on the job, it’s all energy, focus and drive — all important traits to have as a member of the Calgary Police Service’s canine unit.

Charges have been laid against a pit bull owner after a man was seriously injured in a dog attack at a Monterey Park home Thursday. Animal and Bylaw officers were called to a northeast home around 7:30 p.m. after a 61-year-old was bitten by a pit bull.

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